Smarmy, charming Jean Dujardin perfectly embodies the persona of a charismatic silent movie star, playing George Valentin in writer-director Michel Hazanavicius’ audacious silent black and white movie The Artist. It’s a...
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Pauline Adamek
LA Weekly — reviews of a trio of plays
Gentle readers, here is a link to my theatre review for this week’s LA Weekly, a chilling series of plays currently being staged at the Mountain View Mausoleum and Cemetery. The plays are: Robert Louis...
Elegant and vicious – Drive film review
An outsider’s love letter to L.A., Drive is a dreamy, elusive romance stained with scenes of explosive violence. Young heartthrob of the moment Ryan Gosling stars as one of those mysterious anti-heroes you sometimes...
Images plus words — Narrative Interventions photography exhibit at Getty
Intimate and shocking, puzzling and poignant images – the powerful artworks of a trio of contemporary female photographers is currently being presented as a combined exhibition. Narrative Interventions in Photography...
A disturbing play — House of Gold at Atwater
Director Gates McFadden tries to create alchemy with Gregory Moss’ disturbing play House of Gold, but unfortunately it remains a leaden theatrical work. Odd, disquieting and even sickening at times, Moss’ play is marred...